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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, why is Cecil worried about removing anything from the hogan?
(a) Cecil is grief-stricken.
(b) He thinks George will return.
(c) Cecil has nothing.
(d) He doesn't want ghost sickness.

2. Who was Nashibitti?
(a) Leaphorn's grandmother.
(b) A great singer.
(c) Ernesto Cata's grandfather.
(d) A mythological spirit of the Zuni.

3. In Chapter 9, what is the fetish that Leaphorn finds?
(a) A bone mole.
(b) A badger.
(c) A carved kachina.
(d) An antelope.

4. What does Leaphorn find in the Bowleg's stables?
(a) Tracks of two horses.
(b) Cecil Bowlegs.
(c) One horse.
(d) Two horses.

5. In Chapter 6, where is Leaphorn planning to sleep?
(a) At the Ramah chapter house.
(b) In his truck.
(c) In Window Rock.
(d) At home.

6. In Chapter 10, to what job is Naranjo assigned?
(a) Monitoring the highways.
(b) Covering non-Navajo periphery of the Zuni reservation.
(c) Interviewing the Zuni.
(d) Escorting the federal agents around.

7. Who is the Navajo friend of the Little Fire God?
(a) Naranjo.
(b) Father Ingles.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) George Bowlegs.

8. By the end of Chapter 8, who arrives at the hogan?
(a) J.D. Hightower.
(b) Father Ingles.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

9. In Chapter 1, the Little Fire God is running. What is to the west of where he is?
(a) Shiprock.
(b) The Painted Desert.
(c) Chaco Canyon.
(d) The Petrified Forest.

10. Who wrote "Paleo-Indian Cultures in North America"?
(a) Ted Isaacs.
(b) Gerard Livingston.
(c) Chester Reynolds.
(d) Mortimer McClanahan

11. Who refers to Leaphorn as Navajo fuzz?
(a) Young Husband.
(b) Halsey.
(c) Susanne.
(d) Otis.

12. In Chapter 2, Leaphorn is given an assignment. What is it?
(a) Investigate the blood on the bicycle.
(b) Find both boys.
(c) Find Ernesto Cata.
(d) Find George Bowlegs.

13. How many spikes does Leaphorn spy on Cata's right shoe?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Seven.

14. Who owns the land where the commune sheep graze?
(a) The Navajo tribe.
(b) Frank Bob Madman.
(c) Alice Madman.
(d) The Zuni tribe.

15. In Chapter 4, who is Ted Isaac's only companion for two days?
(a) Dr. Reynolds.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) Susanne.
(d) A female horned lark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clan does the Little Fire God belong to?

2. Who is having a birthday in a few days and turning 13?

3. When does Dance Hall of the Dead begin?

4. In Chapter 5, Leaphorn talks to Young Husband, a neighbor to the commune. Where has Young Husband spent 12 months?

5. In Chapter 5, approximately how many sheep does Leaphorn see at the commune?

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